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Civil War Historians Comment on "Lateral Entry" to Command

By Dan Modlin

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Bowling Green, KY – WKU Historians Dr. Glenn LaFantasie and Dr. Jack Thacker say "lateral entry" made it possible for many people with political connections to receive leadership positions in the military in the early years of the Civil War. In the next in our series of reports on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, they talk with Dan Modlin......